Mon, Mar 10, 2014
Also: Russian 'Bear' For Sale, Project Morpheus, Bahamas Jacks Prices On GA, AC/DC Drummer Keeps Ticket
This year’s Women in Aviation Conference, the 25th such event, was to all appearances, well-attended, empowering, successful and even more diverse than the organization’s name suggests. The 10,000 member strong organization, under the direction of Dr. Peggy Chabrian, has grown from a handful of women attending an inaugural Arizona event 25 years ago to an international gathering (nearly 200 visitors from Nigeria, alone...) that attracts thousands of people (of both genders), annually. Last week National Transportation Safety Board Judge Patrick Geraghty ruled that commercial use of UAV’s is not illegal. Geraghty found that no laws ban commercial drone use and that commercial drone use is not in violation of FAA regulations. Robinson R22 and R44 helicopter owners are now allowed a time between overhaul (TBO) for their Lycoming engines of 2,200 hours. This
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Mon, Mar 10, 2014
Had Been Denied By The Civil Aviation Authority Of New Zealand
When you buy something like a Hughes 500 helicopter, you kind of want to be able to fly it. Such was the case for AC/DC drummer Phil Rudd, who purchased one of the helos in 2011 as a reward to himself for completing three tours with the metal band.
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Mon, Mar 10, 2014
The EU Reverses Its Carbon Tax…
Orion’s Boosters Arrive at the Cape…
Embraer Celebrates A Decade of E-Jet Deliveries…
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Mon, Mar 10, 2014
Will Present Keynote Address At 2014 Convention
The Global Business Travel Association (GBTA) says Jeffery A. Smisek, Chairman of the Board, President and CEO of United Airlines, will be a featured speaker at Center Stage at the GBTA Convention 2014 to be held July 26-30 in Los Angeles, CA.
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Mon, Mar 10, 2014
Aircraft Unveiled At Heli-Expo
Dallas, TX-based EMS provider SevenBar has placed an order for an EMS configured GrandNew to operate in an air medical transport capacity. Additionally, the SevenBar paint scheme was displayed on the newly-unveiled AW109 Trekker at Heli Expo in anticipation of future fleet additions across the light twin and light single categories of aircraft.
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Mon, Mar 10, 2014
Two Percent Scale Models Being Used For Hotfire Tests
To better understand the heating conditions at the base of what will be the biggest, most powerful rocket ever built, engineers at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL, are thinking small -- really small.
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Mon, Mar 10, 2014
The Electromagnetic Levitator Will Be Launched To The ISS On ATV-5 To Test Materials Of The Future On The ISS
Airbus Defense and Space, world’s number two in space technologies, has built the Electromagnetic Levitator (EML) facility which was developed under parallel contracts of the European Space Agency ESA and the DLR Space Administration. EML is a containerless processing furnace for materials research in the European Columbus lab, set to uncover a deeper understanding of advanced alloy and semiconductor materials and their molten state properties for the optimization of industrial scale casting as well as for basic research.
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Mon, Mar 10, 2014
Will Provide Comprehensive Flight Training For The Aircraft
CAE is designing and manufacturing a UH-60 Black Hawk full-mission simulator to be used by the Mexican Federal Police, the company said in a news release.
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Mon, Mar 10, 2014
System Is Being Upgraded And Expanded
Aeronautical Radio of Thailand (AEROTHAI), the Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP) for Thailand, has selected defense and security company Saab to deploy an upgraded and expanded Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) system across Thailand. The ADS-B system will provide surveillance of flights over Thailand's airspace in an expanded trial of the technology.
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Mon, Mar 10, 2014
Program For Middle Schoolers Now In Its 10th Year
NASA and Honeywell kicked off the 2014 tour of "FMA Live! Forces in Motion" with middle school students at Wunderlich Intermediate School in Houston Monday. This year marks the 10th anniversary of this innovative collaboration designed to ignite students' interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM.)
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